Ticket-sales register.



A. KIPA RSKL' TIGKBT- SALES REGISTER. APVPYLIOATION FILED oo'r.19,1911.-

1 ,083,839.. Patentd J an. 6, 191i V UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

annmnna mansxr, or s1. 'rn'rnnsnune, RUSSIA.

TICKET-SALES imorsrnn.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER KIPABSKI, a subject of the Czar of.Russia, residing at Mokowajast-rasse 23, St. Petersburg, Russia, haveinvented certain new and useful Im-' provements in Apparatus for-Ticket-Sales Register; and I do hereby declare the following'to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it apper tains to make and use thesame This invention relates to an improvement in or modification of theinvention described in the specification of my Brit. Patent No. 25675 of19 10. In the said prior specification is described an apparatuscomprising a plurality of dials or other counting mechanism upon whichis indicated the total number of tickets of the same class taken fromvarious boxes. In accordance with that invention the ticket on beingwithdrawn from the box deflects a contact piece which closes the circuitmaking contact with the corresponding electromagnet. The latter attractsa lever the extremity of ,which enters the path of a tooth of acontinuously rotating cylinder insuch' a manner that by the impact athird circuit is closed, whereby the counting mechanism is actuated.With an arrangement of this kind it is necessary to employ a very longcylinder for each counting mechanism and for all of them as the teethcorresponding to the several boxes have not onl to be staggered alongthe periphery'of the cylinder but also along the length oft-thecylinder, so that during one revolution of the latter the contact levercan only encounter a single tooth. Furthermore it is necessary toprovide a separate contact ring with sliding contact for the teeth, ofeach ticketbox provided with a separate counting mechanism.

The present invention provides a simplification and an improvement onthis construction and resides in this that all the contact levers of acounting mechanism are arranged radially around the shaft 27 at variousplaces on the periphery so that instead of a number of teeth staggeredboth rela tively to the length of the cylinder and to its circumference,only. a single tooth .need be provided and this' alternately contactswith all the levers. These contact levers are arranged in such mannerthat the armature of each electromagneti arranged. opposite each leverremains separated from the contact levers in the normal position, whilewhen the ticket is withdrawn this armature enters the path of the leverso that by the contact of these parts, the circuit of the countingmechanism is closed and the number registered by the latter.Accordingly, as in the said prior patent, the contacting of the toothbelonging to any counting mechanism with the contact levers does not ofitself close any circuit in the counting mechanism but only produces,this result when the withdrawal ofv the ticket from the box has producedthe necessary modification of the circuit of the corresponding countingmechanism.

The accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application,illustrate diagrammatically one embodiment of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates individual boxes for variousclasses of tickets 3;said boxes bein provided with downwardly-extending'rout walls 5 against which said tickets are maintained for successivewithdrawal by springs 4:. A lever 16 is pivoted in a lower compartmentof each box 1 and connected to. a slidablymounted rod 2 carrying acont-act plate C for engaging a pair of contacts 13 and 14; said lever16 being normally maintained in vertical position with its upper fingerL retracted by a spring 9 connected to said lever and box. A bent lever8 is pivotally supported at 9, and connected to said lever 16 by aslotted link 8 and a spring 9"; said bent lever 8 having its horizontalarm normally maintained in engagement with the downwardly-extendingfront box wall 5 by the combined action of gravity and of. said springs9 and 9". The lower end 17 of the bent lever- 8 constitutes an armaturefor the pole 15 of an electro-magnet 12; said magnet 12 being connectedin a normally-open shunt circuithereinafter described from any suitablesource of electrical energy, such as a battery E.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

Application filed October 19, 1911. Serial No. 655,525.

A continuously rotated shaft 27 carries a disk B provided with a'tooth26 for a ctuating a series of plungers 21, 21 and 21 mounted in astationary ring 2 1 concentricall ing y maintaining friction rollers 25on said plungers in engagement with said toothed disk. If the desirednumber of plungers 21 cannot be properly spaced around the disk B, aplurality of such disks B can be se cured to the shaft 27 surrounded byseries about said disk B; springs 23 yieldcores 22 which are normallymaintained by springs 22 beyond the path of the plungers 21. Thesolenoid cores 22 carry conducting plates 19 normally engaged by contactplates 19, which latter are supported by relatively weak springs 19 andinsulated from said solenoid core 22. Connected to each of the solenoidcores 22 is a wire 34 and these wires are in turn connected to a wire 35which is connected by wire 36 to one pole of a battery E. Connected toeach of the plungers 21, 21 and 21 are the respective wires 37, 37* and37 These last mentioned wires extend to indicators A, A and A and theseindicators'are connected by wires 38, 38 and 38 to other indicators 1 ,19 and A. Leading from the indicators A A and A are the respective wires39, 39 and 39 These wires 39 39 and 39 are connected to a wire 40 whichleads to the remaining pole of the battery E. A second set of theindicators or dials as above described may also be connected in parallelwith the first set and there has been indicated above this first set inthe drawing a second set of dials a, a a

which are connected by the wires 41, 41 and 41 with the wires 37, 37 and3'? respectively. From these indicators extend wires 42, 42 and 42 toindicators or dials a, at and a. From the latter dials extend therespective wires 43, 43 and 43 which are connected to the wire 40. Thusit will be seen that the indicators or dials A, A are connected inmultiple with the indicators or dials a and a and so on throughout thevarious set-s o-fdials; Now in order to understand this part of theoperation of the device let it be supposed that the plunger 21 is inelectrical contact with its solenoid. Then current will flow from thebattery E through the wire 40, wires 39 and 43, indicaters A and a wires38 and 42, indicators A and a, wires 41 and 37 to the plunger 21,through the solenoid core of said plunger, wire 34', wire 35, and wire36 backito the From the foregoing it will be bring the plunger'21 or 21into engagement with their respective solenoid cores 22 the respectiveremaining registering instruments will be actuated thereby. It is not.therefore deemed necessary to trace the circuit as the same will beobvious. These circuits thus passing through the solenoid cores will behereinafter referred-to in the specification and claimed as the ,primarycircuitssince they directly afi'ectthe operation or the registeringinstrument.

Each of the cont-acts 14 is connected by means of a wire 44 with thewinding of a respective solenoid 19. The other end off: each solenoldwinding is connected by means of a wire 44 with therespective contactplate 19 against which the spring 19 presses. It is to be understoodthat this contact plate is free from the solenoid core so that when theplate 19 is moved by said core the weak action of the spring 19 willpermit movement of the plate 19 away from the plate 19 and thus breakthe circuit between said plates. From each of the contacts 13 a wire 45leads to one end of themagnet winding of the magnet 12 while from theother end of the winding of said magnet a wire 46 leads to and connectswith the wire 40. Now if the contact 13 be connected by the member awith the contact 14 then current will flow from the battery E throughthe wire 40, wire 46, respective magnet 12, wire 45, contact 13, member0, contact 14, wire 44, winding of the respective solenoid 19, wire 44,contact plate 19*, contact plate 19", wire 34, wire 35, wire 36 back tothe battery E. It is obvious that which ever one of the contact members0 be moved to close the respective circuit-the said'circuit can betraced in like manner through the respective magnets 12 and respectivesolenoids 19. It will also be noted that these circuits are shuntcircuits connecting the wires 34 and 40 of the primary circuits beforedescribed. These circuits will therefore be'hereinatter referred to andclaimed as shunt circuits.

In the operation of m invention, a ticket 3 upon belng withdrawn fromany of the boxes 1 engages the horizontal arm of the corresponding bentlever 8 and swings said lever to bring its armature 17 in closeproximity to the electro-magnet core 15. Such swing of the bent lever 8acts through the spring 9 to swing the lever16 andyieldingly press thefinger L thereof against the ticket during withdrawal of the latter;said ticket acting as astop to prevent' the full swing or" said lever 16for shifting the contact plate G into engagement with the contacts 13and 14. Upon .further withdrawal of'the ticket 3, the extended spring 9forces the finger L through a notch or opening formed in the edge of theticket and into engagement with the front be): wall 5 for preventing thewithdrawal of additional tickets from the box. This full forward swingof the lever 16 shifts the contact plate G into engagement with thecontacts 13 and 14, and thus closes the shunt battery circuit toenergize the electro-magnet 12 and the corresponding solenoid 19. Themagnet 12 thereupon attracts the armature 17 on the bent lever8 andswings said lever to firmly maintain the lever 16 at its forwardswing,as shown at position HT in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Simultaneously, thesolenoid 19 draws its spring 19 carrying said plate 19.

'ily placed in difierent ro'oms in any desired separate locations, fors1mulcore 22 inwardly in position to be engaged by the disk tooth 26into engagement with the solenoid' core 22. During the initialengagement of the plunger 21 with the core 22, the main, or primary,battery circuit is closed through said plunger and core to actuate theregistering devices A for registering the withdrawal of the ticket.During the continued outward shifting of the plunger 21 by the disktooth 26, the conducting plate 19" is suddenly shifted from engagementwith the contact plate 19; such separation of the plates 19* and 19"being permitted by the slow action of the relatively weak This temporaryseparation of the plates 19 and'19 breakes the battery shunt circuitthrough the magnet 12 and solenoid 19, thereby permitting the countinglevers 8 and 16 and the contact plate C to return to their normalosition under the combined action of gravityand of the springs 9 and 9and, simultaneously, through the de'nergizi'n ofthe solenoid 19,enabling the core 22 of t e latter' to be maintained in its normaloutward po sition by the spring 22 forcing the-contact plate 19outwardly in engagement with the conducting plate 19 carried by saidsolenoid core. The parts are thus restored to their normal position forregistering a ticket sub-- sequently withdrawn from the box -1.

It will be obvious that the plurality of duplicate registering devicescould be reador buildings, or

taneou'sly indicating at all SllCh points the tickets withdrawn from theboxes.

- vention is therefore. adapted for advantageous use for registering thesale of tickets among various-difierent theaters, or for registering thetickets sold at the different box ofiices of a threaten It is alsospecially adapted for use in in order to indicate at each stationequipped therewith the number of seats sold, and hence the number ofseats available, in a particular train or in of. My invention could alsobe used in factories, orother darge concerns, for recording the numberof employees entering and leaving by various different doors allotted todifferent classes orgrades of employees; there by enabling the number.of employees'and their total wages to all times.

In parliamentary, and other assemblies, two boxes could be placed ateach members desk for independently indicating the withdrawal of ticketstherefrom on separate re istering devices placed at .the chairmans seator other desired location; one of said 'it iso My ina large railwaystations,

the separate cars there-' be readily ascertained at boxes being forindicating an aflirmative vote and the other box for indioatin anegative vote. By this arrangement, al voting could be done veryspeedily and with entire secrecy.

While I have enumerated above some of the Important applications of myinvention,

use in many other connections.

I claim- 1. In an automatic apparatus for inde-- pendently registerinthe numbers of tickets delivered from in ividual boxes, the combi-nationof registering devices for the several boxes, normally-open primarycircuits for said registering devices, mechanically actuated means forclosing said primary circuits, other normally opened circuits connectedto the respective primary circuits and constituting shunts from saidprimary circuits, electro-magnetic means in said shunt circuits forcontrolling the closing ofsaid primary circuits, and independent meansactuated by the withdrawal of tickets from the several boxes for closingthe respective shunt circuits.

2. In an automatic apparatus for independently registering the numbersof tickets delivered from individual boxes, the combination ofregistering devices for the several boxes, normally-open primarycircuits for said registering devices, mechanically actu ated means forclosing said primary circuits, other normally opened circuits connectedto the respective primary circuits and constituting shunts from saidprimary circuits, electro-magnetic means in said shunt circuits forcontrolling the closing of said primary circuitg and independent meansfor closing said shunt circuits and maintaining the latter closed duringthe withdrawal of tickets fromthe boxes.- I 8. In an automatic apparatusfor independently registering the numbers of tick ets delivered fromindividual boxes, the combination of registering devices for the severalboxes, normally-open primarycircuits for said registering devices, othernormally opened circuits connected to the respective primary circuitsand constituting shunts from said primary ciruits, independent meansactuated by the withdrawal of tickets from the several boxes for closingthe respecviously adapted for advantangeous tive shunt circuits,mechanical means 'operable upon such closing of said shunt circuits forsuccessively -closin said primary. circuits and opening saishuhtcircuits, and electro-magnetic means in said shunt circuits forcontrolling the action of said mechanical means.

4. In an automatic apparatus.,for independently registering the numbersof tickets delivered from individual boxes, the combination-of'registering devices for the several boxes, normally-open primarycircuits 1 0 responding for said registering devices, other normallyopened circuits connected to the respective primary circuits andconstituting shunts from said primary circuits, independent meansactuated by the Withdrawal of tickmagnetic means in said shunt circuitsfor controlling the action of said mechanical means.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

ALEXANDER KIPARSKI.

Witnesses:

MOSES LUISARENKA, AUG. MIGHIS.

